'Rust' shooting may have been sabotage, say armorer's lawyers

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Lawyers representing the woman who loaded Alec Baldwin's gun said an act of "sabotage" by disgruntled crew members may have caused the tragic shooting on the set of "Rust."

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the armorer in charge of weapons on the Western movie set in New Mexico, where Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer last month after being told his firearm was safe.

Her lawyers told the "Today" program, on the US network NBC, that Gutierrez-Reed had loaded the gun with ammunition from a box of dummy, or inert, rounds and had "no idea" where the live round that killed Halyna Hutchins came from.

"We're assuming somebody put the live round in that box -- which if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging this set," said Jason Bowles.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rust-shooting-may-have-been-sabotage-say-armorer-s-lawyers/ar-AAQhwTF

[grumpyduck]

1. Er... Jason Bowles...

You're "assuming?"

[4Q2u2]

2. Yellow Flag

I call BS on the play.
Live rounds are clearly easy to differentiate from dummy rounds.
You never assume anything with a firearm.
You always look at the chamber, the receiver, and magazine when handing or being handed a firearm.
That is what we were taught in the Military.
If none of that is done, you get Holy Hell and a major beat down.

[PoliticAverse]

3. If this is the best they can come up with, the armorer is toast. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

4. Indeed...

It’s the armorer’s responsibility to secure all guns and ammunition used in the production, and never let anyone else handle them except the actors under their direct supervision. Even if it was sabotage, she is responsible for not taking sufficient steps to prevent it to happening.